Item
COVID Testing Troubles
Title (Dublin Core)
COVID Testing Troubles
Description (Dublin Core)
I needed to submit a negative COVID test in order to go back to my apartment, so I went to a free drive-thru COVID test at my local community college. The lines were long, but surprisingly quick. However, I was surprised that I was not given a straw to spit my saliva into the tube with. In my previous COVID tests at my college, a straw was given. I had a bunch of saliva saved up in my mouth in anticipation, but I when I got my tube, I spit saliva on everything but the tube. My pants were drenched in my own spit, it was nasty. It was also kind of hard and awkward to drive through the line and spit at the same time. However, I was really impressed at how fast and efficient the testing process was.
I ran into another issue later, when I got my test results via text but not through my official patient portal. I had to wait on call for around 20 minutes to request that my results be uploaded so that I could send proof of a PCR COVID test to my university. Despite these mild hiccups, I encourage people to get tested regularly if they think they have been in contact, or have symptoms.
I ran into another issue later, when I got my test results via text but not through my official patient portal. I had to wait on call for around 20 minutes to request that my results be uploaded so that I could send proof of a PCR COVID test to my university. Despite these mild hiccups, I encourage people to get tested regularly if they think they have been in contact, or have symptoms.
Date (Dublin Core)
January 28, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Tina Chang
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Tina Chang
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HSE
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
text story
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Healthcare
English
Community & Community Organizations
English
Home & Family Life
English
Humor
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
COVID-19
testing
spit test
accident
community college
PCR COVID-19 test
symptom
awkward
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
COVID-19 test
drive thru
saliva test
HSE
Collection (Dublin Core)
English
Humor
English
Healthcare
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
1/28/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
1/29/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
1/28/2021
This item was submitted on January 28, 2021 by Tina Chang using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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